What is a mempool? Inside crypto’s transaction waiting room
You press send on a crypto transaction and nothing happens. The wallet says pending. The block explorer shows your transaction floating in limbo, unconfirmed, with...
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CLARITY Act Senate showdown: Why the July 17 hearing decides crypto’s 2026
The United States Senate returned from its holiday recess on July 13 with one piece of paper waiting on its desk that matters more to...
The SecondFi recovery: 16 million stolen ADA and crypto’s restitution experiment
An exploit drained roughly 16 million ADA, about $2.4 million, from 374 Cardano wallets in late June. What happened next is the interesting part: EMURGO,...
What is a multisig wallet? How crypto’s biggest treasuries get secured, and robbed
Multisignature wallets guard most of the serious money in crypto: DAO treasuries, exchange cold storage, protocol funds, and the savings of the security-conscious. They are...
Morning Minute: Paradigm Raises $1.2B Fund as Crypto’s Top VC Pushes Into AI
Morning Minute is a daily newsletter written by Tyler Warner. The analysis and opinions expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of Decrypt....
CertiK exposes hidden truth behind crypto’s 50% loss drop
Crypto-related losses have fallen 46.8% year over year to $1.32 billion during the first half of 2026, but blockchain security firm CertiK has warned that...
Kraken’s FIFA deal: Crypto’s first world cup
For the first time in the tournament’s near-century of history, a crypto exchange sits inside FIFA’s official partner ecosystem. Six billion viewers, sixteen host cities,...
Could the SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic IPO wave drain crypto’s liquidity?
A record run of mega-listings is pulling hundreds of billions in fresh equity supply into the market. The fear is that the money to buy...
Clend Lets You Borrow USDC and JPYC Against 25+ Cryptos
There’s a well-known frustration in crypto: you’re sitting on a large BTC position and need liquidity, but the moment you sell, you’ve created a taxable...
Crypto’s Clarity Act Has a New Enemy: Catholic Leaders
In brief Catholic leaders urged the Senate to oppose a portion of the Clarity Act, warning it could enable human trafficking and other illicit finance....